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Genus: Heterothele Karsch, 1879 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Heterothele honesta Karsch, 1879

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002102

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Described:

Distribution: Rep. Congo, DR Congo

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Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany 2m 1f 1jm (2993a-d) - (Gallon & Sherwood, 2026)
Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (2379) of Heterothele affinis - (Gallon & Sherwood, 2026)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 2f 2jm (4037-4039a) of Heterothele affinis - (Gallon & Sherwood, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Heterothele honesta Karsch, 1879i: 65 (Dmf) Original description

Heterothele affinis Laurent, 1946: 296, f. 2 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002096]

Heterothele affinis Smith, 1990c: 117, f. 706-716 (m)

Heterothele honesta Gallon & Sherwood, 2026: 626, f. 2A-N, 3A-B, 4A-D, 5A-B, 14A-D, M-N (mf, S of Heterothele affinis)

References

Gallon, R. C. & Sherwood, D. (2026). Taxonomic notes on the tarantula genus Heterothele Karsch, 1879 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with a new synonymy, resurrection of H. longipalpis Karsch, 1879, two nomina dubia, and description of a new species from Tanzania. Arachnology 20(4): 623-639. -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1879i). Zwei neue afrikanische Vogelspinnen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1879: 63-65. -- Show included taxa

Laurent, R. (1946). Notes arachnologiques africaines II.-Sur quelques théraphosides du Congo Belge (Ischnocolinae, Eumenophorinae, Selenocosmiinae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 39: 293-326. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1990c). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing London, 142 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026	Old value
2026-03-12	Taxonomic reference update	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026	Old value
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026
2018-11-14	Species distribution update	Karsch, 1879i	Old value